 Birth | September 2, 1890 47 41 |
 Death of a sister | Martha Jane Swafford April 24, 1893 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Ida Swafford September 18, 1893 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a sister | Pernada “Nada” Swafford March 21, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Ulysses Swafford February 7, 1902 (Age 11 years) Note: accidental death while attending college |
| Death of a sister | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford February 20, 1902 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Betsy Brown July 28, 1913 (Age 22 years) Note: All living children are noted -b |
 Marriage | Grace White — View this family December 26, 1914 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 27 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 39 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a mother | Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham December 18, 1934 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Swafford November 27, 1936 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Young Swafford December 22, 1943 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a sister | Alice Perditt Swafford August 4, 1947 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford April 18, 1967 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a wife | Grace White February 10, 1980 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna Ida Swafford October 12, 1981 (Age 91 years) |
| Death of a sister | Crocia Swafford October 25, 1983 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | March 12, 1984 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: T.Y. Swafford Cemetery |